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Archdiocese of Delhi Archidioecesis Delhiensis दिल्ली के सूबा | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | New Delhi |
Ecclesiastical province | Delhi |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,420 km2 (5,950 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 26,469,385 112,348 (0.4%) |
Parishes | 84 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 April 1937 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi |
Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Secular priests | 259 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto |
Auxiliary Bishops | Deepak Valerian Tauro |
Bishops emeritus | Vincent Concessao |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi (Latin : Delhien(sis)) is a Latin Church Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the national capital city of New Delhi.
Pope John Paul II made two papal visits, in February 1986 and November 1999.
As of 2014 [update] , the diocese served 115,300 Catholics (0.4% of the total population of 26,810,000) in 15,420 square kilometres (5,950 sq mi), with 60 parishes and 4 missions. Personnel consisted of 301 priests (130 diocesan, 171 religious), 1,006 religious (391 brothers, 615 sisters) and 25 seminarians.[ citation needed ]
(all Latin Church)
Delhi's ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses:
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